Corner
Corner an area near the intersection of baseline and sideline (basketball) corner an area of the rink near one of the four rounded sections where the sideboards and endboards meet (ice hockey) corner 1. The part of the playing field or surface where two boundaries meet 2. A free kick or shot from a corner of the field, given to the attacking team when a defending player plays the ball over the goal line 3. (In boxing and wrestling) any of the four parts of a ring where the ropes are attached to the posts, especially the two where the competitors rest between rounds (dict. Of sp. And ex. Sc. 2006, 56 P.) Corner in some sports the restarting of the game by means of a hit, stroke, kick or throw by an attacking player, when a player of the defending team has played the ball across his own goal line and thereby interrupted the game. In soccer a goal can be scored directly from a corner, in hockey, handball and water polo this is not permitted. (H.Haag &g. Haag, dictionary, 2003, 128 p.) Corner one of the four corners of the boxing ring. One is assigned to each boxer, and it is that corner where he sits, assisted by his seconds, in the intervals between rounds. The other two corners are called the neutral corners (boxing)
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